JTAPIRID^. 3 



Tapirus elegans, Pomel \ 



Syn. Tapirus vialetti, Aymard 2 . 



This species is described as being one seventh smaller than the 

 preceding ; but its right to distinction is perhaps doubtful. 

 Hob. France. 



21895, 21903. Two right upper molars ; from the Upper Pliocene 

 of Yialette (Haute-Loire), Prance. 



Croizet Collection. Purchased, 1848. 



21902. The right astragalus ; from the Upper Pliocene of Yialette. 



Croizet Collection. Purchased, 1848. 



The following specimens from the Red Crag of Suffolk indicate a 

 form considerably smaller than T. priscus (with which one of 

 them has been identified), and may be identical ivith one or other 

 of the two preceding forms : — 



28999. An imperfect right upper true molar ; from Woodbridge. 



(Fig.) Described and figured by Owen in the Quart. Journ. Geol. 



Soc. vol. xii. p. 233, fig. 9, as T. priscus. Purchased, 1854. 



29592. A right upper true molar. 



Hastings Collection. Purchased, 1855. 



44167, 46571. Four upper true molars. Purcliased, 1873-75. 



36563. The third left upper premolar ; from Sutton. 



Purchased, 1853. 



46572. Three lower cheek-teeth. Purchased, 1875. 



Tapirus priscus, Kaup 3 . 

 Syn. (?) Tapirus antiquus, Kaup 4 . 



This species appears closely allied to T. indicus, and it has been 

 suggested (' Palaeontographica,' vol. xv. pp. 170-171) that it is spe- 

 cifically identical with T. arvernensis, but it is generally of con- 

 siderably larger size ; if the two be identical, the latter name has 

 the priority. The upper dentition is figured in the accompanying 

 woodcut (fig. 1). 



Hah. Europe. 



1 Catalogue Methodique, p. 84 (1853). 



2 Quoted in Gervais's ' Zool. et Pal. Francaises,' 2nd edit. p. 103 (1859). 

 In Meyer'8 ' Palseologica,' p. 89 (1832). 



4 Oss. Fobs. d. Darmstadt, part ii. p. 4 (1833). 



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